1.6.0: Kubernetes 1.25, big development support update, new License, Okteto environment update, bug fixes, and LCM

What's Changed

Key Changes

the following items where the core of this release:

• BREAKING CHANGE: re-license project under AGPLv3 by @bendehaan in #627
• Upgrade to kubernetes 1.25 for all K8s environments by @commjoen in #652
• Enable CTF party in Okteto as we no longer always have heroku. Try https://wrongsecrets-ctf-commjoen.cloud.okteto.net/ . By @commjoen in #675

Bug fixes

The following bug fixes were introduced in order to have a smooth experience with the challenges as a user:

• Update challenge13.yml so that the workflow is triggered every month so you can do the challenge by @commjoen in #620
• fix(#676): replaced thymeleaf unwrapped expressions and updated contributing.md by @commjoen in #677
• Fix for challenge 19 and 20 on ARM: now all challenges work on (Linux/Mac OS) with ARM (aarch64) again.
• Updated with #649 RBAC detailed description reason by @madhuakula in #672

Development support updates

We had a lot of work in this release done to make it easier for you to contribute to the project:

• fix: improve PR template by @bendehaan so that PR checklists are more complete in #622
• feat: add CODEOWNERS by @bendehaan so that PRs are better automated in #629
• feat: add commitlint by @bendehaan in #628
• feat: add issue templates for three categories by @bendehaan in #655
• Create SECURITY.md by @commjoen in #656
• Beginner Guide Submission by @puneeth072003 in #653
• Extended support for ARM on linux and Musl based development environments: Feat(#618) detect musl by @commjoen in #664
• Adding the Table of contents by @puneeth072003 in #668
• doc(x): added @puneeth072003 as contributor by @commjoen in #669
• Change in code for windows users and adding remark in contributing.md by @puneeth072003 in #678
• feat: add eslint to pre-commit by @bendehaan in #688
• feat(#631):first podman and Colima test by @commjoen in #651
• include spring boot baeldung tutorial by @commjoen in #621
• Reduce confusion on slack channel links by @commjoen in #626
• Small cleanups from spring boot3 migration by @commjoen in #674

LCM/Patches:

• Bump class-validator and javascript-obfuscator in /js by @dependabot in #623
• Bump s4u/setup-maven-action from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 by @dependabot in #633
• Bump lycheeverse/lychee-action from 1.5.4 to 1.6.1 by @dependabot in #63
• Bump cyclonedx-maven-plugin from 2.7.4 to 2.7.5 by @dependabot in #636
• Bump spring-boot-starter-parent from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 by @dependabot in #643
• Bump spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies from 4.0.0 to 4.1.1 by @dependabot in #644
• Bump aws.sdk.version from 2.19.33 to 2.20.12 by @dependabot in #641
• Bump datatables from 1.13.1 to 1.13.2 by @dependabot in #645
• Update hashicorp/google requirement from ~> 4.52.0 to ~> 4.54.0 in /gcp by @dependabot in #642
• Bump terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws from 19.7.0 to 19.10.0 in /aws by @dependabot in #638
• Update aws requirement from ~> 4.53.0 to ~> 4.56.0 in /aws by @dependabot in #639
• Update hashicorp/google-beta requirement from ~> 4.52.0 to ~> 4.54.0 in /gcp by @dependabot in #637
• Update azurerm requirement from ~> 3.42.0 to ~> 3.45.0 in /azure by @dependabot in #635
• build(deps): bump cyclonedx-core-java from 7.3.1 to 7.3.2 by @dependabot in #662
• build(deps): bump checkstyle from 10.7.0 to 10.8.0 by @dependabot in #657
• build(deps): bump erzz/codeclimate-standalone from 0.0.4 to 0.0.5 by @dependabot in #671
• build(deps): bump minimatch from 6.1.6 to 7.3.0 in /js by @dependabot in #658
• build(deps): bump aws.sdk.version from 2.20.12 to 2.20.14 by @dependabot in #661
• build(deps): update hashicorp/google requirement from ~> 4.54.0 to ~> 4.55.0 in /gcp by @dependabot in #660
• build(deps): update hashicorp/google-beta requirement from ~> 4.54.0 to ~> 4.55.0 in /gcp by @dependabot in #659

New Contributors

• @puneeth072003 made their first contribution in #653

Special thanks to

Special thanks to @madhuakula , @bendehaan , @puneeth072003, @MarcinNowak-codes, and @commjoen for making this release a reality!

Full Changelog: 1.5.14...1.6.0